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Subject:Re: Getting rid of tailgaters/ f
From:Donald Baxter
Date:Fri, 31 Dec 1999 11:32:06 -0500

I used to enjoy pulling out my cold start knob on my old Passat/Dasher
diesel station wagon and flooring the accelerator for offending tailgaters,
leaving them in a cloud of foul smelling, nearly opaque diesel smoke.  I
always felt like James Bond!

Donald Baxter
'85 GL

----- Original Message -----
From: Captain Ray Nemo <busray@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, December 31, 1999 9:09 AM
Subject: Re: Getting rid of tailgaters/ f

> Interesting idea.  Anyone found a way to mount a
> spare washer fluid tank that contains ink or
> perhaps a putrid smelling liquid?  Should you use
> an isolator between the primary tank and the
> auxiliary?
>
>
> >>When all else fails, and they just HAVE to be
> on our bumper, I follow the
> lead of the octopus, and the skunk: I wash the
> windshield COPIOUSLY (30-45
> second spray), making the atmosphere behind the
> van unbearable
> comparatively.
>
>
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